Trump has demanded that all those seeking his endorsement this year share his obsessions
Donald Trump deserves exclusive credit for the fact that Democrats have controlled the Senate (along with the presidency and House) since 2020. And should the once-predicted Red Wave not materialize in November, his role in that will loom large as well.
In 2020, control of the Senate came down to two run-off elections in Georgia, which had not elected a Democrat to the Senate in over two decades. In addition, the two Republican candidates were incumbents, and their Democratic opponents were well to the left of the Georgia electorate. In the previous round of voting (in which no candidate received the necessary 50% of the vote), more Republican than Democratic votes were cast in both races.
Yet in the final round of voting, both Democrats prevailed because Trump put the Republican candidates in an untenable position (not that either proved a whiz-bang campaigner). He threatened to campaign against any Republican candidate who refused to affirm that Joseph Biden would not be inaugurated on January 20.
In short, he demanded that the Republican candidates, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, make fools of themselves to satisfy his vanity. Nor was a one-time clown show sufficient. At every campaign stop, they were asked whether Joe Biden would be the next president. And with each denial, they shed more suburban voters. Americans do not like bad losers. Nor are they eager to elect representatives who are out of touch with reality.
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